Meghan McCain gives a tearful eulogy for her late father, Senator John McCain, during his funeral service on Saturday (September 1) at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

The 33-year-old The View co-host said that her father was defined not by his work as a politician or his time as a POW, he was “defined by love. I know who he was. I know what defined him. I got to see it every single day of my blessed life.”

Meghan took a dig at President Trump during her speech. The McCain family asked the president not to attend the funeral services.

“The America of John McCain is generous and welcoming and bold,” Meghan said. “She is resourceful and confident and secure. She meets her responsibilities, She speaks quietly because she is strong. America does not boast because she has no need to. The America of John McCain has no need to be great again because America was always great.”

“I’ve often observed that I’m the luckiest person on earth. I feel that way even now as I prepare for the end of my life. I’ve loved my life, all of it. I’ve had experiences, adventures, friendships enough for 10 satisfying lives, and I am so thankful. Like most people, I have regrets. But I would not trade a day of my life, in good or bad times, for the best day of anybody else’s,” the senator wrote.

He continued about today’s political climate, “We are 325 million opinionated, vociferous individuals. We argue and compete and sometimes even vilify each other in our raucous public debates. But we have always had so much more in common with each other than in disagreement. If only we remember that and give each other the benefit of the presumption that we all love our country, we will get through these challenging times. We will come through them stronger than before. We always do.”

“Do not despair of our present difficulties but believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history,” he concluded.

Cindy McCain took to Twitter on Saturday (August 25) to remember her husband after news broke that John passed away after a battle with cancer.

“My heart is broken. I am so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years,” Cindy tweeted. “He passed the way he lived, on his own terms, surrounded by the people he loved, in the the place he loved best.”
Cindy and John married back in 1980 and share four children.

Our thoughts are with Cindy and her family during this difficult time.

My heart is broken. I am so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years. He passed the way he lived, on his own terms, surrounded by the people he loved, in the the place he loved best.